Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine—Kevin Kelly joins to talk about his career, his new book, and his radical optimism about the future of our world and humanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast For over sixty years, Gloria Steinem has been at the center of American culture and political life, where she has been instrumental in shaping our ideas about feminism, humanity, and equal rights for all people. She joins to talk about her legendary career as an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, co-founder of one of the most significant magazines of the 21st century, and an activist whose work has impacted the place women and girls now have in the world. Hosted on Aca...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Carrie Brownstein, Megan Rapinoe, Lucy Sante, Kara Swisher, and Kirsten Vangsness reflect on their journeys and careers in this special Pride episode of Design Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 24, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scott Dadich is a designer, magazine editor, and filmmaker. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Magazine, he now runs Godfrey Dadich Partners, a brand strategy and design company, where he is the Co-Founder and CEO. He joins to discuss his illustrious career and the multi-Emmy nominated series he created and produced, Abstract: The Art of Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast During her often tumultuous, challenging, and sometimes controversial career, Judy Chicago pioneered Feminist art and art education. She joins to talk about her memoir Judy Chicago: Revelations , a radical retelling of human history in the form of an illuminated manuscript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Principal Designer at Adobe, speaker, and champion for artists, Brooke Hopper’s passion is designing better experiences for some of the most talented people in the world. She joins live at SXSW to discuss the role of machine intelligence and new technologies in creativity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 03, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anne Morriss and Frances Frei are best-selling authors and among the world’s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range from Fortune 10 companies to tech founders to political leaders working to build national competitiveness. They join to talk about their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, outlining a practical process leaders can implement to drive change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 27, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has spent the last three decades as a trailblazer in the punk feminist movement. She joins guest host Roxane Gay to talk about her new memoir and storied career making art and music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Moss is widely known as one of the great magazine editors of his generation, remaking and reshaping The New York Times and New York magazine into the most significant print and digital publications of our time. He joins to discuss his illustrious career as an author, editor, and artist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and educator Emily Nagoski is one of the most exceptional minds at work today on the science of sexual connection, intimacy, and arousal. She joins to discuss her remarkable career and new book, “Come Together.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Writer Amy Lin deconstructs grief in her new memoir ‘Here After,’ a beautifully visceral and emotionally intimate depiction of young widowhood. She joins to discuss the science of grief and how she coped in the wake of her inexplicable loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Irvin Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage on American history pushes the boundaries of personal narrative and academic authorship and asks readers to reconsider ideas of race, politics, and identity. She joins to discuss her legendary career as a distinguished historian, award-winning author, and artist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Since 1998, David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker and has written hundreds of pieces for the magazine, including reporting from Russia, the Middle East, and Europe and Profiles of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Katharine Graham, Mike Tyson, Bruce Springsteen and more. He also hosts the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, “The New Yorker Radio Hour.” He joins live at the On Air Fest to talk about his legendary life and career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Apr 08, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Renowned writer, cultural critic, and scholar of the demimonde Lucy Sante joins to discuss her career and a new memoir, “I Heard Her Call My Name,” reflecting on her transition and self-actualization in her sixties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Bryne views life through many lenses. He’s a musician, author, filmmaker, curator, conservationist, digital music theorist, bicycle advocate, visual artist... the list goes on. But through his many trajectories – from co-founding the acclaimed band Talking Heads to his later solo career, moving into theater and beyond, David is always trying to capture the indescribable. In this episode of The TED Interview, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, David shares how he meshes art, tec...
Mar 29, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast From acclaimed pop spectacles to Super Bowl halftime shows to the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics, artist and stage designer Es Devlin has transformed large-scale performative sculptures and environments transporting audiences. She joins to discuss two decades of design spanning opera, theatre, and stadium extravaganzas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Impostor syndrome is one of many therapy-speak words that have gone mainstream in the past few years — but what is it, really? Aparna Nancherla knows all about it. Aparna is a comedian and the author of "Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome.” Despite her success as a performer, she isn’t immune to self-doubt. In this episode from another TED Audio Collective podcast, How to Be a Better Human, Aparna talks about the ways she’s learned to deal with impostor syndrome: like creatin...
Mar 22, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Critic's Daughter is an exquisitely rendered portrait of a unique father-daughter relationship and a moving revelation of family and identity. Author Priscilla Gilman joins to talk about her memoir, a candid account of loss and grief, forgiveness, and love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celebrated musician, comedian, writer, and director Carrie Brownstein joins to talk about her remarkable career as the co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the legendary punk band Sleater-Kinney, her role in the iconic TV series Portlandia, and her new memoir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast New York Times bestselling author and journalist Suleika Jaouad began writing her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted,” from her hospital room, chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer. She joins to discuss her remarkable life, career, and bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aminatou Sow discusses her extraordinary journey that took her from Africa to Texas, from a job in a toy store to Google to co-host of one of today’s most brilliant podcasts, Call Your Girlfriend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 26, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Across 50 years in the art scene, Futura has undergone a brilliant evolution from graffiti prodigy to design master. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 19, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast As a child, Thelma Golden dreamt of a life in art museums—and that’s exactly the path she followed, breaking brilliant and historic new ground along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 12, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast The daughter of folk-music royalty, singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche joins to talk about her life, family, and multi-decade career in the music industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 05, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Clear has been writing about habits, decision making, and continuous improvement for over a decade. Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, he joins to talk about his career and how we can stop sabotaging our efforts with insurmountable goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shaped by music and activism, Toshi Reagon reflects on her upbringing and remarkable career writing, playing, singing, and producing music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Iconic graphic designer, typographer, author, and educator Stefan Sagmeister joins live on the CreativeMornings stage to talk about his multi-decade, ever-evolving career and his newest book, Now is Better, transforming facts about the state of our world into abstract data visualizations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers joins to talk about his career making art and telling stories. His new book, Begin Again, explores humankind’s impact on itself and our planet, asking the big question: Where do we go from here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast